[svlug] low-end tape backup advice

[kmself@ix.netcom.com]

on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 06:55:00PM -0600, Christopher Lee (clee at gnwy100.wuh.wustl.edu) wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for a tape drive to do back up for a small home/office network
> under linux (around 60GB of data total).  I'm on a budget, and have seen
> tempting prices for $200 drives like the OnStream DI30 which claim high
> reliability and 15GB per tape.  
> 
> Any advice or warnings about these lower-end tape drives?

Backups were discussed at some length here a couple months back.
Alvin's got some experience on larger commercial installations.  My own
notes based on single desktop / small network environments are at:

    http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html

Cheers.

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